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September 14, 2020 5:20 pm Jurisprudence of Muslim Minorities
July 25, 2020 9:57 pm The evil eye
July 23, 2020 11:20 am The Most Ridiculous Question
July 21, 2020 1:26 pm Practices on the Days of Dhu al-Hijjah
July 20, 2020 2:38 pm Passing of Shaykh Salman al-Mazahiri
July 7, 2020 2:23 pm Questioning your studentship – an address to the students of Al-Salam Institute
June 30, 2020 10:28 pm Missing jumu`ah without excuse
June 20, 2020 8:50 pm Eulogy on Moulana Farahi
June 20, 2020 8:27 pm Desire is desire, not will
June 5, 2020 11:42 am Prayer in the mosques during the easing of the lockdown
May 13, 2020 6:22 pm Shaytan’s Tricks
May 5, 2020 2:21 am Mixed classes for men and women
April 29, 2020 12:42 pm The Month of Ramadan
April 24, 2020 1:16 pm The Soundest Book
April 20, 2020 5:24 pm Two questions regarding congregational prayer
April 18, 2020 9:59 am The pandemic and Ramadan
April 13, 2020 10:14 am Contagion
April 3, 2020 8:20 am Coping with the Covid-19 outbreak
March 30, 2020 4:58 pm Washing the Deceased from COVID -19
March 24, 2020 8:03 pm Two rulings related to present emergency
March 22, 2020 2:22 pm Reduction (Qaṣr) in the Prayer
March 16, 2020 6:50 pm Guidelines for Muslims on Coronavirus
March 10, 2020 8:25 am Principles and applications
March 6, 2020 1:33 pm Dajjal
March 6, 2020 1:28 pm Settling disputes between Muslims in the UK
March 3, 2020 8:26 am مجلس سماع وعلم
February 27, 2020 11:04 am The role of ‘ulama’
February 25, 2020 8:21 am How to engage with what is happening in our time
February 13, 2020 8:57 am Islamophobia
February 4, 2020 8:21 am Al `Imran 121-130
January 30, 2020 10:21 am What is Balaghah?
January 18, 2020 5:38 pm The Virtue of Sūrah al-Kahf
January 14, 2020 8:30 am The passing of Dr Murad Hofmann
December 21, 2019 8:46 pm How do I study and what do I learn?
December 7, 2019 6:16 pm Is Mortgage Permissible?
November 15, 2019 4:21 pm Accelerated Arabic Programme
November 12, 2019 5:52 pm Few Thoughts on Surah al-‘Ankabut
November 4, 2019 6:21 pm Desire and Love in Marriage
October 31, 2019 5:48 pm Reflections on Education
October 22, 2019 4:15 pm Advice to women travelling for `umrah
October 15, 2019 5:45 pm Notes on Surah al-Shu’ara’
September 24, 2019 11:14 am Thematic Overview: Surah Al ‘Imran
September 16, 2019 4:22 pm Critical Reflections on Feminism
September 16, 2019 1:46 pm Benefitting from our Differences
September 11, 2019 2:23 pm Orientalists and Hadith
September 2, 2019 2:44 pm The Origin of a Successful Marriage:
September 2, 2019 2:18 pm Reflections on Surah al-Jinn
August 27, 2019 4:29 pm The Crisis facing Madrasah
August 19, 2019 3:22 pm Indian Triple Talaq Bill
August 10, 2019 5:18 pm The Standing on the Plain of Arafah
August 5, 2019 5:50 pm Maqasid of Shari’ah
August 5, 2019 1:28 pm The Food of the People of the Book P2
July 29, 2019 3:08 pm The Forty Hadith concept
July 28, 2019 4:51 pm The Food of the People of the Book
July 22, 2019 3:26 pm Be answerable for your speech
July 15, 2019 10:34 am Hope for Muslims
July 9, 2019 10:29 am Breath Control
July 9, 2019 10:22 am Avoiding Hypnotherapies
June 23, 2019 7:51 am Presenting Islam without deception
June 23, 2019 3:17 am Children Attending the Mosque
June 22, 2019 5:15 pm Vegetarianism/veganism
June 19, 2019 10:12 am The Nexus between Qu’ran & Sunnah
June 10, 2019 2:20 pm The Meaning of Du’a
June 5, 2019 5:39 pm Women doing qada’ of their missed fasts
June 5, 2019 5:22 pm Fasting six days of Shawwal
May 21, 2019 5:52 pm Religious emotion and self-knowledge
May 16, 2019 6:05 pm Manners in Islam
April 30, 2019 4:09 pm Don’t Waste Ramadan
April 12, 2019 11:47 am Marriage
April 12, 2019 10:39 am Islamic Finance
April 3, 2019 10:02 am Charity in Islam
March 25, 2019 3:42 pm Unity and Solidarity
March 25, 2019 3:34 pm Reflections on Theory of Evolution
March 19, 2019 4:23 pm Da’wah – Invitation to Islam
March 15, 2019 3:37 pm Surah al-Nazi`at
March 15, 2019 3:37 pm Surah al-Mursalat
March 15, 2019 3:37 pm Surah al-Kahf
March 15, 2019 3:37 pm Surah al-Takwir & Surah al-Infitar
March 15, 2019 3:36 pm Surah al-Insan & al-Dahr
March 15, 2019 3:36 pm Surah al-Tatfif
March 15, 2019 3:36 pm Surah Nuh
March 15, 2019 3:35 pm Surah Al-`Imran
March 14, 2019 11:59 am Not being able to take a bath after menstruation
March 7, 2019 12:36 pm Those eligible for Zakah
February 12, 2019 6:32 pm Who Taught You Literary Criticism?
January 30, 2019 11:03 am Taqwa
January 29, 2019 4:43 pm The Prophet as a Teacher
January 14, 2019 2:02 pm The Sunnah Explains the Qurʾān
January 10, 2019 10:27 am Sunnah and Ḥadīth
January 8, 2019 3:11 pm Stress and Anger
December 31, 2018 1:43 pm Departure of Scholars from the Way of the Ḥadīth Imāms
December 26, 2018 9:50 am Virtue of the Juristic Approach in Fiqh
December 25, 2018 12:43 pm Between Hadith and Fiqh
December 11, 2018 1:07 pm How to Motivate yourself for Study
December 4, 2018 5:19 pm Islamic Law and Water
November 27, 2018 2:19 pm The Right Pathway to Studying Ḥadīth
November 12, 2018 3:03 pm Silence
November 6, 2018 4:42 pm Some Reflections on ‘Aqidah
October 30, 2018 3:18 pm The Meaning of Ijāzah
September 27, 2018 4:52 pm Sahih al-Bukhari
September 25, 2018 12:21 pm How to Benefit from the Qur’an
September 6, 2018 2:46 pm Surrogate Motherhood
August 3, 2018 5:07 pm Authenticating the Ascription of Ṣaḥiḥ al-Bukhārī to its Author
July 27, 2018 10:20 am Hajj
July 18, 2018 5:10 pm The Appropriate Methodology for Teaching Grammar
July 6, 2018 6:03 pm A New Perspective on the Hanafi Madhhab
June 26, 2018 7:23 pm The True Meaning of Ḥasan
June 26, 2018 7:23 pm The True Meaning of Ṣaḥīḥ
May 31, 2018 3:34 pm From the Sirah of the Prophet ﷺ – The Messenger as a Teacher
May 31, 2018 1:56 pm The Length and Number of Units of Prayer
May 30, 2018 5:08 pm Tarawīḥ Prayer is not Obligatory
May 11, 2018 5:57 pm Sexual Abuse
May 11, 2018 5:08 pm The Role of Reason
May 11, 2018 4:55 pm The True Meaning of Study
May 11, 2018 3:30 pm What do you have?
May 11, 2018 3:19 pm Don’t Waste Ramadan
May 10, 2018 10:53 am Mixing Between Madhabs
May 10, 2018 10:50 am Tell us: “What are you?”
May 10, 2018 10:48 am The Best Madrassa
May 10, 2018 10:46 am Nuzhat al-Nadhr
May 10, 2018 10:41 am Wiping on Socks
May 10, 2018 10:25 am Combining Prayers whilst Travelling
May 10, 2018 10:23 am Knowing the Exalted Lord
May 10, 2018 10:15 am The Virtue of Sabr
May 10, 2018 10:12 am Advice to the New Generation of Nadwa
May 10, 2018 10:09 am The Jumu’ah Khutbah in Non-Arabic
May 10, 2018 10:04 am Shaykh Akram Nadwi on Sahih Muslim
May 10, 2018 10:02 am Who really are the ones possessed by evil jinn?
May 10, 2018 10:00 am Why study the Sirah?
May 10, 2018 9:58 am Non-Muslim Festivals
May 10, 2018 9:55 am Between Hadith and Philosophy
May 10, 2018 9:15 am The Book is Two Books
May 10, 2018 9:07 am Mawlana Muhammad Deedat
May 10, 2018 7:53 am How Should You Write an Article?
May 10, 2018 7:50 am Who Has Taught You Generosity?
May 10, 2018 7:46 am Who Has Taught You Kindness?
May 10, 2018 7:44 am Who Has Taught You Perception?
May 10, 2018 7:39 am Who Has Taught You the Remembrance of Allah?
May 10, 2018 7:36 am The Meaning of Supplication
May 10, 2018 7:17 am Usul al-Hadith According to the Hanafi Madhhab
May 10, 2018 7:12 am Mawlana Syed Rashid
May 10, 2018 7:04 am Who Has Taught You Fear?
May 4, 2018 3:35 pm The Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun
May 4, 2018 1:04 pm Apostasy among Muslims in the UK
May 4, 2018 12:40 pm Supplications in the Quran

Shaytan’s Tricks

Most people most of the time do not intend to do bad things (crimes and sins, like lying, stealing, defrauding, raping, killing, backbiting, etc.). Most people most of the time intend to do good things (or ‘neutral’ things, things whose good or bad value is not known). The Shaytan would be wasting much of his energy…

Mixed classes for men and women

Some people from India, where I used to teach, have put to me the following question: Why now do you teach classes in which men and women students share the same space? [By ‘the same space’ is meant a space without any sort of physical partition.] Since the question addresses my own practice, I am obliged to answer for myself.

The Month of Ramadan

Translated by Dr. Abu Zayd They asked: What is the meaning of the month of Ramadan? I replied: It is a month of blessings, abundance, happiness, and beauty. In it, the Qurʾān was revealed as guidance for humanity, guidance that is self-evident and clear....

The Soundest Book

They asked: What is the greatest book? I replied: After the Book of God, the greatest book undoubtedly is the Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Bukhārī, entitled al-Jāmiʿ al-Musnad al-Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mukhtaṣar min Umūr Rasūlillāh wa Sunanihī wa Ayyāmihī. Nothing like it has ever been authored in Islam or any other tradition.

Two questions regarding congregational prayer

Many people have asked me: As we are compelled to pray in our homes, can we follow an imam via live broadcast by radio or TV or other means of ‘live-streaming’? A congregational prayer is valid if there are two or more than two doing the prayer in the same space.

The pandemic and Ramadan

Only a week remains to prepare, before we welcome the month of Ramadan. With the covid-19 pandemic ongoing, so is the lockdown, and it is most likely that the lockdown will continue throughout Ramadan, and perhaps even longer. People are preparing themselves for this...

Contagion

Translated by Dr. Abu Zayd The coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout the world. The most effective means to stop its spread that is being considered is for people to remain in their homes and avoid coming close to others. The contagious nature of this disease is...

Coping with the Covid-19 outbreak

Covid-19 is spreading at great speed throughout the human population of the world. While Europe and the USA are reporting the highest number of infections, all countries are affected. If the disease spreads in the same way everywhere, there can be no doubt that the...

Washing the Deceased from COVID -19

Issues related to those who have died from the coronavirus: washing their bodies, their burial and funeral prayers Some community workers have put to me some questions concerning those who have died as a result of infection by the coronavirus: Q: Since the bodies (and...

Two rulings related to present emergency

One of my students who is a medical doctor in one of the hospitals in the UK asked me following: Q: Some doctor brothers are having issues in hospitals at this critical time. They have been advised to shorten or shave off their beards because face masks do not fit...